Shakespeare
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100

 What was Shakespeare’s wife’s name?

 Anne Hathaway

100

Who was the 2nd President of the USA, who took office on March 4th, 1797?

John Adams
100

What country is home to the Pyramid of Giza?

Egypt

100

You might say this 5-letter word to Pat Sajak.

"I'd like to buy a _____"

Vowel

100

Who built the Colosseum?

The Romans

200

 Which type of play is Romeo and Juliet?

Tragedy

200

Which former actor is the current President of Ukraine?

Volodymyr Zelensky

200

Which are the only two US states where more than half the population lives on islands?

 Hawaii and New York

200

You might order this crispy word for breakfast.

Bacon

200

What was the first known writing system?

Cuneiform

300

Which of Shakespeare’s plays is the longest?

Hamlet

300

Which President of the USA gave clearance for the nuclear bomb to be dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during August of 1945?

Harry S. Truman

300

Which US state is the only one with more forest cover than it had 100 years ago?

 Maine

300

What do the Scottish call a child?

Bairn

300

Which city in present-day Italy was buried in a blanket of ash and pumice when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD?

Pompeii

400
A certain oil painting depicts a drowning woman surrounded by flowers. Which Hamlet character is in this painting?

Ophelia

400

Who was the first President of Russia after the dissolution of the USSR?

Boris Yeltsin

400

What is the imaginary line that divides the earth into northern and southern hemispheres?

The Equator

400

Painters use this for their canvas.

Easel

400

 The name of the capital of the Byzantine Empire, Constantinople, is the site of which modern-day city?

 Istanbul

500

While sleepwalking, this Shakespearean noblewoman frantically tries to wash imaginary blood from her hands, lamenting, "Out damned spot! Out I say!"

Lady Macbeth

500

Which Canadian Prime Minister (2006-2015) preceded Justin Trudeau?

Stephen Harper

500

Which desert surrounds Las Vegas, Nevada?

The Mojave Desert

500

This 5-letter word's definition is a short story. You may also find the word in this popular book title.

"Aesop's _____"

Fable

500

Although there is little evidence that it genuinely happened, which Roman emperor is said to have played the fiddle while Rome burned during the Great Fire of Rome in AD 64?

Nero

600

What Shakespeare play includes this quote:

“All that glisters is not gold.”

The Merchant of Venice

600

This former socialist led the 1922 "March on Rome" and was eventually deposed and executed in 1945.

Benito Mussolini

600

Which country has the longest coastline?

Canada

600

You may wish this 5 letter word on your enemies.

Karma
600

What was the two-letter name of the Falcon-headed God of the Sun in ancient Egyptian mythology?

Ra

700

Which of Shakespeare’s plays has a curse attached to it?

Macbeth

700

This Roman general and dictator was assassinated by a group of senators.

Julius Caesar

700

What is the smallest ocean in the world?

 The Arctic Ocean

700

Many of you did this 5-letter word with your money last Sunday for the Superbowl.

Wager

700

Also known as the "Old Stone Age," what "P" period, from roughly 2.5 million years ago to 10,000 B.C., was characterized by hunter-gatherer humans living in caves or simple dwellings?

 Paleolithic

800

What U.S. state has the most national parks?

California, with nine.

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